The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08

asked of the clerk. "For subscribers y
was the answer, 1--WE have twenty-five
copies" he added. / picked up the vol
ume, and found the margins of almost
every other page scribbled over with
Liar" Coward" I'D lie," etc. Are
the other copies you have marked in this
way ?" asked. eyes" said the Librarian;
'tither the people who read this book are
the biggest liars living or the author was"
/ confess to coming away feeling highly
complimented, and hope my experience
will give the belligerent and criticised
Piatt vast amount OF grim satisfaction.
The interest taken in this city in all
sporting matters is fairly illustrated by
what is known here as the Ticker Service"
This is the announcement simultaneously
in every section of the city of the result OF
any sporting event the moment 1T is de-
'lded. This service was at one time con-
fined to quotations of stock, as they fiuc-
tuated on the Exchange; and single
Ticker Service" supplied all demands.
Then Charles A. O'Rourke. of the City
Press Association, conceived the idea OF
applying the baseball, racing, boating,
etc., and now one may read in almost
every hotel corridor, every larger bar or
billiard room, and in every bank and every
brokers' Office, the start and finish of
all races, and the result of each
inning in every game of base ball played
by the League mines in any part of the
country. There are thousands OF these
sporting tickers and three different services.
O'Rourke supplies the great majority of
these tickers-several hundred in number.
/ asked him how many would be discon-
t1nued as soon as the baseball end racing
seasons are over. "Fully one-third," was
his reply. Saloon. keepers pay $40 month
for the use of these news ''tickers, solely
as an attraction to customers OF their bars.
AT the Lotus Club, the other night, l
asked Colonel Thomas W. Knox, its secre-
tary, and a famous traveller in Russian
and Siberian latItudes, what he thought of
the peculiar political and social condition
at st. Petersburg, where, according to the
latest newspaper reports, the Gar is con-
stantiy about to be blown up with nihil-
istic bomb.shells. The Colonel intimated
that he was more interested just now in
other topics, but added: "If you want to
get the most correct as well as latest view
of Russia as she is, go to Bouton." 1t was
said very much as if Bouton was place
warmer than Russia is popularity said to
be; but on inquiry l found that Bouton
was a man, to-wit John Bell Bouton, who
has been for two decades an editorial writer
has written" continued Colonel Knox, "a
most interesting volume on Russia, which
he calls Roundabout to Moscow His
notes upon what he saw in Europe, and
especially those referring to the Russian
Empire show that he travelled with his
eyes wide open and had no hesitation about
asking questions where he desired infor-
nation. He has great deal to say about
the bazsars, churches and palaces OF Mos
COW, and his pictures of the Tartar life of
the ancient capital of Russia are graphi-
cally drawn. Mr.. Bouton WE s in Russia at
time when the Nihilists were especially
ective, and he evidently made careful
study of the social and political state of
the Northern empire.
see that the erroneous idea that Mrs.
Agnes Booths not to play the part of Mrs.
Ralston," wife of Jim. the Penman, in the
play of that name, to be produced next Mon
day night in Chicago, has grown out of the
announcement that Ada Dyas is to play
the same part ION the road" next season.
Mrs. Booth plays the part for this season.
There is no reason why she shouldn't play
it for decade to come, for it isa very won
derful performance. The whole cast of the
piece, as Palmer is to play it in Chicago, is
very handsome, and, Notwithstanding the
formidable opposition of Augustin Daily, |
have no doubt that the success of the piece
will be very great. The play has no merit
which the actors do not give it; but the
acting is such that the dement's
are not noticed. Miss Marie Burroughs
has been playing the part of "Aggie" at
Boston, but in Chicago the original will be
resumed by Miss Maud Harrison. Miss
Burroughs made great hit in the part in
Boston, but IN view of the fact that she is
to play very much more important part
in Saints aud Sinners in two or three
weeks of the Palmer engagement at Nc
Vicker's she will not play the minor part
in "Jim, the Penman." Miss Burroughs
remains in this city for q fortnight.
WILLIAM +. G. SHAEKs.